Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
AVIC has brought a Changhe Z-10ME to the Singapore Airshow this year, marking the attack helicopter’s first trip to a foreign event.
Singapore Airshow

By Brandon Patrick
France’s military modernization is ambitious, expansive and well underway, according to data from Aviation Week Network’s Fleet Discovery Military tool.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has begun exploring whether an electrical backup system to assist a pilot in autorotation could be certified and made cost-effective.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus engineers say they are just weeks away from making the first flight of the company’s Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Merlin plans to demonstrate its autonomous flight technology on a Boeing KC-135 aerial refueling tanker under an agreement with the U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin expects growing international demand to keep its F-35 production line running at pace amid a potential reduction in U.S. buys of the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The San Diego-based UAS, propulsion and sensor company decided not to offer a bid for a high-profile UAS program as a prime contractor.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Seoul has extended a contract with Pratt that will see the company provide performance-based logistics for F-15K and K/F-16 F100 engines until end-2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Chachaty
France’s defense materiel agency DGA placed orders totaling €20.3 billion ($22 billion) during 2023, the highest level of spending in 15 years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The AFWerx innovation unit is focused on cargo applications for advanced air mobility aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has told the U.S. Air Force that nonrecurring engineering costs on the E-7A Wedgetail would be double what the service expected.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Air Force Special Operations Command is reviewing the role of its CV-22 fleet amid a three-month-long grounding of the fleet following a fatal crash.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft has been delivered to New Braunfels National Airport, Texas.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian Defense Ministry has chosen to walk away from its contract to acquire 12 ex-Qatari Mirage 2000-5 citing costs.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
The DARPA competition seeks an aircraft that can take off and land vertically and cruise faster than today’s helicopters and tiltrotors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A future without a new attack reconnaissance aircraft won’t just cause changes for the U.S. Army’s conventional aviation forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s Alia electric aircraft has participated in a U.S. Air National Guard exercise.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney’s proposed adaptive engine for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance fighter has moved closer to the detailed design review stage.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
DARPA grants under the umbrella of REMA have been awarded to Anduril, RTX, Leidos, Northrop Grumman and SoarTech.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Government-to-government discussions about a potential Saudi Typhoon order are ongoing.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The Australian government has allocated A$399 million ($260 million) to build three more Boeing MQ-28A Ghost Bat uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
U.S. defense contractor L3Harris and Emirati light attack aircraft developer Calidus have teamed up to develop an exportable version of the Calidus’ B-250.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has become the second European country to opt to perform its own depot-level maintenance, repair and overhaul on the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
USAF has awarded Xwing a military flight release for its autonomous Cessna 208B Caravan and OK'd the aircraft for flying in the National Airspace System.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Embraer has teamed up with Mahindra in a bid to sell its C-390 Millennium airlifter to the IAF.
Aircraft & Propulsion